Sitting of 20 August 1853

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
In answer to a question from Sir DELACY EVANS,
MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, that the boundary of the Cape Colony and the boundary of the Queen's Dominions were different things. There was a broad belt between them, which had been occupied by the Kafirs, where the Amatola Mountains were. The struggle had been to dislodge the Kafirs from that mountain stronghold, and, when once removed, it was necessary to take care that they did not regain possession of it. For that reason General Cathcart had made the Amatola Mountains a Crown reserve, and had established fortified posts there. That, of course, was the Queen's property, and under the shelter of those forts there would be a village or two. The Government at home had not disallowed any proposition of General Cathcart, neither had they sanctioned it; but they had authorised him to carry out his plans provisionally. They had not sanctioned it, because they thought that such a course would be premature, and might possibly embarrass General Cathcart, if, after consulting with Sir George Clerk, he might find it desirable not to carry his proposition into effect.
MR. J. WILSONsaid, he must admit that the complaints which had been made with respect to the Irish Post Office in the course of the present Session were not without some ground. At the same time it must be remembered that it was difficult to make arrangements immediately railways ways were opened, especially when there were contracts unexpired based upon the old modes of communication. Besides, direct lines of railway did not always afford the same accommodation to the side towns as the old roads. Undoubtedly, however, a great deal might be done to obviate these difficulties, and his noble Friend at the head of the Post Office had undertaken, during the recess, to examine the whole question very minutely, in order to see whether those side towns might not be accommodated which had been inconvenienced by railway communication. He wished to state to the House one or two facts with respect to the Post office. There were no fewer than 156,000 letters and 40,000 newspapers passing daily through the Post Office more than in 1846.

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Even the number of letters now passing through the Post Office, as compared with the number last December, had increased 33,000 daily. Taking 1841, 1846, and 1853, as three periods, to test the increase, and taking a single week, the last week in June, the number of letters in one week was 3,773,000 in 1841, 5,553,000 in 1846, and 7,700,000 in 1853, Such an increase of Business might suggest the almost impossibility of keeping the arrangements in a state adequate to meet it. Registered letters required four entries and the signatures of two clerks. The numbers of such letters was, in 1846, 27,000, in the present year, 61,000; being an increase of 123 per cent. Another department on which there was a great pressure was the Money Order Office. In 1841 the whole amount was 960,000 l.; in 1852, it was 9,400,000 l.; and this year it would be upwards of 10,000,000 l. if it went on at its present rate. He thought these facts were a sufficient apology, if any were required, for any deficiency in the Post Office; but he could only say that the noble Lord who was at the head of the Post Office and Mr. Rowland Hill were occupied in endeavouring to give every possible facility, and especially in the south of Ireland.

RUSSIA AND THE PORTE.
MR. MONCKTON MILNESsaid, he begged to inquire whether, in the absence of the noble Lord the Member for London, the noble Lord the Secretary for the Home Department was able, under present circumstances, to assure the House as to the moral confidence which Her Majesty's Government entertained with respect to the evacuation of the Danubian Principalites being such as to allow Parliament to be prorogued without anxiety? To this one point the attention of the country was
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mainly directed; and he believed that, for the security of commerce, it was most important that it should be settled.
VISCOUNT PALMERSTON: The answer as to the confidence of Her Majesty's Government will be given in the shortest possible space—namely, that their belief is that Parliament may be prorogued under present circumstances. As to the evacuation of the Principalities, I have only to say that I am confident the Emperor of Russia, having that regard to his honour and character which every Sovereign of a great country must always be inspired by, will take the earliest opportunity, after the settlement with Turkey, of his own accord to make a merit of evacuating the Principalities without the smallest delay. That is my confident expectation and belief.

PROROGATION OF THE PARLIAMENT.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners;—
The House went; and the Royal Assent was given to several Bills. Afterwards a Speech of the Lords Commissioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord Chancellor.
Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was read.
After which the LORD CHANCELLOR said—
"MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN,
"By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read,, we do, in Her Majesty's Name and in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday, the 27th day of October next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday, the 27th day of October nest."

A TABLE OF ALL the STATUTES
PASSED IN the FIRST SESSION OF
THE SIXTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
16° & 17° VICT.

A TABLE OF ALL the STATUTES

  PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.
  I. AN Act to make Provision concerning Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes payable in the Metropolis on the Day appointed for the Funeral of Arthur late Duke of Wellington.
  II. An Act to amend an Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth, for the Prevention of forging and counterfeiting Bank Notes.
  III. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  IV. An Act to amend an Act for guaranteeing the Interest on such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred thousand Pounds, as may be raised by the British Colonies on the Continent of South America, in the West Indies, and the Mauritius, for certain Purposes.
  V. An Act to substitute Stamp Duties for Fees on passing Letters Patent for Inventions, and to provide for the Purchase for the public Use of certain Indexes of Specifications.
  VI. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
  VII. An Act to amend an Act relating to the Valuation of Valuation of rateable Property in Ireland.
  VIII. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to dispose of certain Property in the City of London.
  IX. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.
  X. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces wile on shore.
  XI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  XII. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
  XIII. An Act to revive certain temporary Provisions relating to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Ireland.
  XIV. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively.
  XV. An Act to limit the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at contested Elections for Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament in England and Wales to One Day.
  XVI. An Act for carrying into effect the Engagement between Her Majesty and Syed Syf bin Hamood, the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.
  XVII. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.
  XVIII. An Act to authorize Advances out of the Consolidated Fund to discharge Monies borrowed on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown, for the Purpose of Metropolitan Improvements, and providing for the Payment of such Advances and of certain Monies charged on the London Bridge Approaches Fund.
  XIX. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty (New Forest Deer Removal), as regards the Publication of Claims, and the preferring and delivering Objections thereto.
  XX. An Act to alter and amend an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, for amending the Law of Evidence in Scotland.
  XXI. An Act to authorize the Legislature of the Province of Canada to make Provision concerning the Clergy Reserves in that Province, and the Proceeds thereof.
  XXII. An Act for making further Provision for the Execution of the Office of Examiner of the High Court of Chancery.
  XXIII. An Act for redeeming or commuting the Annuity payable to the South Sea Company, and certain Annuities of Three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and for creating new An-

  nuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, and Two Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, and issuing Exchequer Bonds.
  XXIV. An Act to confirm and extend certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health for the Towns of Wakefield, Elland, Wallasey, Dudley, Barnsley, Dorchester, and Welshpool.
  XXV. An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen millions seven hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
  XXVI. An Act to provide for the supplying of Vacancies in Town Councils of Burghs in Scotland consequent on null or irregular Elections.
  XXVII. An Act for empowering the Sheriff and Commissary of Berwickshire to hold Courts at Dunse, and for other Purposes.
  XXVIII. An Act to amend the Law as to taking the Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for Scotland.
  XXIX. An Act for regulating the Weights used in Sales of Bullion.
  XXX. An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment of aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children, and for preventing Delay and Expense in the Administration of certain Parts of the Criminal Law.
  XXXI. An Act to apply the Sum of Four Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One Thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
  XXXII. An Act to make further Provision for staying Execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors upon giving Bail in Error.
  XXXIII. An Act for the better Regulation of Metropolitan Stage and Hackney Carriages, and for prohibiting the Use of advertising Vehicles.
  XXXIV. An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices.
  XXXV. An Act to make Provision concerning the future Regulation of certain Appointments connected with Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and concerning certain of the Estates of the Deans and Chapters of York and Carlisle.
  XXXVI. An Act for disafforesting the Forest of Whichwood.
  XXXVII. An Act to impose additional Duties on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland; and to alter the Countervailing Duties on Spirits the Manufacture of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, imported into Scotland or Ireland, and the Countervailing Duties and Drawbacks on the Removal of certain Mixtures and Compounds between Scotland, Ireland, and England respectively; and to amend the Laws relating to the collecting and securing the Duties of Excise upon Spirits.
  XXXVIII. An Act to extend the Remedies for the Compensation of malicious Injuries to Property in Ireland.
  XXXIX. An Act to repeal the Duties, Allowances, and Drawbacks of Excise on Soap.
  XL. An Act for altering the Mode of Repayment of Advances by the Public Works Loan Commissioners under the Public Health Act, 1848, and other Acts.
  XLI An Act for making further Provisions with respect to Common Lodging Houses.
  XLII. An Act for disafforesting the Forest of Whittlewood otherwise Whittlebury.
  XLIII. An Act for enabling the Justices of Counties to contract in certain Cases for the Maintenance and Confinement of convicted Prisoners in the Gaols of adjoining Counties.
  XLIV. An Act to enlarge and extend the Powers of an Act of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of Her present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and public Buildings to complete Improvements in Pimlioo, and in the Neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace.
  XLV. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws and to grant additional Facilities in relation to the Purchase of Government Annuities through the Medium of Savings Banks, and to make other Provisions in respect thereof.
  XLVI. An Act to transfer Westminster Bridge and the Estates of "The Commissioners of Westminster Bridge" to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings; and to enable such last-mentioned Commissioners to remove the present Bridge, and to build a new Bridge on or near the Site thereof.
  XLVII. An Act to provide for the Purchase and I Extinguishment of all Bights of Common and Lammas and other Commonable Rights over the Site of Battersea Park in the County of Surrey.
  XLVIII. An Act for the Punishment of Offences in the Colonies in relation to the Coin.
  XLIX. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to enable Colonial and other Bishops to perform certain Episcopal Functions, under Commission from Bishops of England and Ireland.
  L. An Act to effect Exchange of Patronage by Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ecclesiastical Corporations.
  LI. An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Succession to Property, and for altering certain Provisions of the Acts charging Duties on Legacies and Shares of Personal Estates.
  LII. An Act to extend the Time for constructing a new Street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch, and to amend the Acts relating thereto.
  LIII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy in Scotland.
  LIV. An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs.
  LV. An Act to make better Provision for the efficient Discharge of the Duties of the Taxing Officer in and for the Common Law Business in Ireland.
  LVI. An Act to facilitate the Redemption of certain Charges on the Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, and to make other Provisions in regard to the Management of such Hereditary Possessions and land Revenues.
  LVII. An Act to explain and amend the Copyhold Acts.
  LVIII. An Act to authorize the Appointment of Barristers for the Purpose of effecting a complete annual Revision of Lists and Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin, and to remove Doubts as to the Rate Books for the Purposes of such Registry.
  LIX. An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, to amend the

  Laws relating to Stamp Duties, and to make perpetual certain Stamp Duties in Ireland.
  LX. An Act to amend the Acts regulating the Salaries of Resident Magistrates in Ireland.
  LXI. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relict of Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Provisions respecting Exemptions from Tolls.
  LXII. An Act to extend and continue an Act of the Twelfth Year of Her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals.
  LXIII. An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, to give Relief with respect to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers and Supplements thereto, to repeal the Duty on Advertisements, and otherwise to amend the Laws relating to Stamp Duties.
  LXIV. An Act for continuing and amending the Act for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of In-cumbered Estates in Ireland.
  LXV. An Act to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Parish Vestries.
  LXVI. An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads.
  LXVII. An Act for the better Regulation of Public Houses in Scotland.
  LXVIII. An Act to limit the Time for proceeding to Election in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, and for Polling at Elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and for other Purposes.
  LXIX. An Act to make better Provision concerning the Entry and Service of Seamen, and otherwise to amend the Laws concerning Her Majesty's Navy.
  LXX. An Act for the Regulation of Proceedings under Commissions of Lunacy, and the Consolidation and Amendment of the Acts respecting Lunatics so found by Inquisition, and their Estates.
  LXXI. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Stamp Duties upon Newspapers.
  LXXII. An Act to continue an Act of the Eleventh Year of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland.
  LXXIII. An Act for the Establishment of a Body of Naval Coast Volunteers, and for the temporary Transfer to the Navy, in case of Need, of Seafaring Men employed in other Public Services.
  LXXIV. An Act to reduce the Terms on which the Land Tax in Great Britain may be redeemed or purchased.
  LXXV. An Act for the Remission of the Consolidated Annuities charged upon Districts in Ireland.
  LXXVI. An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland.
  LXXVII. An Act to continue an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales upon the Common Fund.
  LXXVIII. An Act relating to the Appointment of Persons to administer Oaths in Chancery and to Affidavits made for Purposes connected with Registration.
  LXXIX. An Act for making sundry Provisions with respect to Municipal Corporations in England.
  LXXX. An Act to facilitate Procedure in the Sheriff Courts in Scotland.
  LXXXI. An Act to reduce the Salary and Emoluments of the Registrar of Meetings of the Court of Bankruptcy.
  LXXXII An Act to provide for the future Regulation and Management and the permanent Endowment of "The College of Christ of Brecknock," founded by King Henry the Eighth, with permissive Powers to unite the same with Saint David's College.
  LXXXIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Victoria, Chapter Ninety-nine.
  LXXXIV. An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1852, so far as relates to the Passages of Natives of Asia or Africa, and also Passages between the Island of Ceylon and certain Parts of the East Indies.
  LXXXV. An Act for removing Doubts as to the Powers of the Registrar of Her Majesty's Privy Council to administer Oaths, and for providing for the Performance of the Duties of such Registrar in his Absence.
  LXXXVI. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Rights of the liberated Africans in Sierra Leone.
  LXXXVII. An Act to give to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings extended Time and further Powers for completing the Embankment of the River Thames between Vauxhall and Battersea Bridges, and a new Street from Lower Sloane Street in connexion therewith.
  LXXXVIII. An Act to repeal the Duties payable in respect of Horses let for Hire, and to grant new Duties on Licences to let Horses for Hire.
  LXXXIX. An Act to regulate the Admission of Professors to the Lay Chairs in the Universities of Scotland.
  XC. An Act to repeal certain Duties of Assessed Taxes, and to grant other Duties of the same Description; and to amend the Laws relating to the Application of the Monies arising from the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax.
  XCI. An Act to extend for a limited Time the Provision for Abatement of Income Tax in respect of Insurances on Lives.
  XCII. An Act to diminish the Number of Sheriffs in Scotland, and to unite certain Counties in Scotland in so far as regards the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff.
  XCIII. An Act to enable Burghs in Scotland to maintain and improve their Harbours.
  XCIV. An Act to extend the Benefits of the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years a Her present Majesty, for the Amendment of the Law of Entail in Scotland.
  XCV. An Act to provide for the Government of India.
  XCVI. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Ninth Year of Her Majesty, "for the regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics."
  XCVII. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and

  for the Maintenance and Care of Pauper Lunatics, in England.
  XCVIII. An Act for the further Relief of the Suitors of the High Court of Chancery.
  XCIX. An Act to substitute, in certain Cases, other Punishment in lieu of Transportation.
  C. An Act further to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination.
  CI. An Act to extend the Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Ireland and Scotland.
  CII. An Act to prevent the defacing of the current Coin of the Realm.
  CIII. An Act to amend and continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen, and other Manufactures in Ireland.
  CIV. An Act further to regulate the Employment of Children in Factories.
  CV. An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor.
  CVI. An Act for consolidating Customs Duties Acts.
  CVII. An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Customs of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man, and certain Laws relating to Trade and Navigation and the British Possessions.
  CVIII. An Act for further continuing certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England.
  CIX. An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies.
  CX. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
  CXI. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Taxes.
  CXII. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Hackney and Stage Carriages, also Job Carriages and Horses, and Carts let for Hire, within the Police District of Dublin Metropolis.
  CXIII. An Act to amend the Procedure in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland.
  CXIV. An Act to extend the Municipal Boundaries of the Borough of Belfast, and to reduce the Scale of rating upon certain Property within the said Borough.
  CXV. An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852, in respect of the Transmission of certified Copies of Letters Patent and Specifications to certain Offices in Edinburgh and Dublin, and otherwise to amend the said Act.
  CXVI. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.
  CXVII. Au Act to amend the Laws relating to the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax in Great Britain.
  CXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh Year of Her Majesty, for the better Apprehension of certain Offenders.
  CXIX. An Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses.
  CXX. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  CXXI. An Act for providing Places of Confinement in England or Wales for Female Offenders under Sentence or Order of Transportation.
  CXXII. An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Township of Hulme and Parish of Manchester in the County of Lancaster.
  CXXIII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Investments of Friendly Societies.
  CXXIV. An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts.
  CXXV. An Act to continue and amend the Metropolitan Sewers Acts.
  CXXVI. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health for Accrington, Bangor, and Uxbridge, and to provide for conducting the First Election of a Local Board of Health at Elland.
  CXXVII. An Act to reduce the Duties payable in respect of Hackney Carriages used in the Metropolis, and to amend the Laws relating to the grunting of Licences and Payment of Duties in respect of Metropolitun Stage and Hackney Carriages, and to make Provision as to the Charge for the Hire of Hackney Carriages in certain Cases.
  CXXVIII. An Act to abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces in the Metropolis and from Steam Vessels above London Bridge.
  CXXIX. An Act further to amend the Law relating to Pilotage.
  CXXX. An Act to amend the Acts for promoting tho Drainage of Lands and Improvements in connexion therewith in Ireland.
  CXXXI. An Act to amend various Laws relating to Merchant Shipping.
  CXXXII. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the present Session for reedeming or commuting the Annuity payable to the South Sea Company and certain Annuities of Three Pounds per Centum, per Annum, and to provide for Payments to be made under the said Act.
  CXXXIII. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom, and to amend the Law in relation to the Militia in England.
  CXXXIV. An Act to amend the Laws concerning, the Burial of the Dead in England beyond the Limits of the Metropolis, and to amend the Act concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis.
  CXXXV. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make further Provisions concerning Turnpike Roads in England.
  CXXXVI. An Act for enabling Grand Juries in Ireland to borrow Money from private Sources, on the Security of Presentment, and for transferring to Counties certain Works constructed wholly or in part with Public Money.
  CXXXVII. An Act for the Letter Administration of Charitable Trusts.

  LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED.
  i. AN Act to consolidate the Stock and Powers of the Corporation of "The London Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire" with the Stock and Powers of the Corporation of "The London Assurance," and to confer on the last-named Corporation the Powers of "The London Assurance Loan Company," and to give additional Powers to "The London Assurance."
  ii. An Act for lighting with Gas the town of Dudley and the Suburbs thereof.
  iii. An Act to enable the Sunderland Corporation Gas Company to raise a further Suns of Money; and to amend and enlarge the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company.
  iv. An Act to amend the Act relating to the Whittle Dean Water Company, and to enable such Company to maintain additional Works, for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the Boroughs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, and certain Places adjacent and near thereto, in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham.
  v. An Act for better supplying the Inhabitants of Bangor with Water.
  vi. An Act to enable the Redruth and Chasewater Railway Company to construct new Works; and for other Purposes.
  vii. An Act to authorize the Bristol Waterworks Company to raise an additional Sum of Money by Loan; and for further amending "The Bristol Waterworks Act., 1846."
  viii. An Act for incorporating the Ormskirk Gaslight Company.
  ix. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Carmarthen to provide and maintain a new Cattle Market Place and Slaughter-houses, to amend the Act for regulating the existing Markets, in the said Borough, and for other Purposes.
  x. An Act for the more equal Division of the Borough of Cork into Wards, and to provide for the better Constitution and Regulation of the Municipal Corporation of the said Borough; and for other Purposes.
  xi. An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Nottingham, and certain Parishes and Places adjacent thereto.
  xii. An Act for increasing the Capital and extending the Powers of the Devonport Gas and Coke Company, and for other Purposes.
  xiii. An Act to repeal the Preston Gas Company's Act, passed in the Second Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  xiv. An Act to amend "The Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846," and "The Norfolk Estuary Amendment Act, 1849."
  xv. An Act for constructing and maintaining a Pier at Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, to be called "The Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier."
  xvi. An Act for empowering the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Evesham in the County of Worcester to build and maintain a Bridge over the River Avon in the said Borough; and for other Purposes.
  xvii. An Act for supplying the Inhabitants of the Town of Great Yarmouth and adjacent Places with Water.
  xviii. An Act for providing Waterworks and Gasworks for the Town of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk, and for regulating the Market there, and for other Purposes, of which the Short Title is "The Lowestoft Water, Gas, and Market Act, 1853."
  xix. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company, and for other Purposes.
  xx. An Act to enable the Crystal Palace Company to divert certain Roads and to purchase Lands; and for other Purposes relating to the Company.
  xxi. An Act for amending the Provisions of certain Acts of Parliament relating to the Civil Court of Record of the Borough of Liverpool, and the Process, Practice, and Mode of Pleading in the said Court, and for extending the Jurisdiction thereof.
  xxii. An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield Waterworks to extend their Works, and to obtain a further Supply of Water from the Rivers Rivelin and Loxley and their Tributaries, and for consolidating the Acts relating to such Company.
  xxiii. An Act for supplying the Inhabitants of the University and Borough of Cambridge and other Places adjoining thereto with Water.
  xxiv. An Act for repealing an Act called "The Cardiff Waterworks Act, 1850," and granting other Powers irk lieu thereof; and for authorizing the Cardiff Waterworks Company to raise further Money.
  xxv. An Act for better supplying with Water the Parishes of Brighton, Hove, and Preston in the County of Sussex.
  xxvi. An Act for amending the Provisions of existing Local Acts relating to the Borough of Stockport.
  xxvii. An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the Townships of Wakefield, Alverthorpe-with-Thornes, Horbury, Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, Sandal Magna, and Crigglestone, in the Parishes of Wakefield and Sandal Magna in the West Riding of the County of York, from the Custom of grinding Corn, Grain, and Malt at certain Corn Mills in the said Townships of Wakefield and Horbury and Parish of Sandal Magna, and for making Compensation to the Proprietors of the said Mills.
  xxviii. An Act for the further Improvement of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and for regulating the Markets therein, and for other Purposes.
  xxix. An Act for better lighting, watching, and otherwise improving the Town of Blackpool and the rest of the Township of Layton with Warbrick in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Blackpool Improvement Act, 1853."
  xxx. An Act for the Improvement and Regulation of the Borough of Great Grimsby in the County of Lincoln; for better supplying the Inhabitants thereof with Water; for providing a new Burial Ground; for enlarging the Market Place; for making an Outfall for the Sewers of the Town; and for other Purposes.
  xxxi. An Act for supplying with Water several Townships and Places in the Parishes of Whalley, Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and Bolton-le-Moors in Lancashire; and for incorporating the Bury and Radcliffe Waterworks Company.
  xxxii. An Act for the Extension of the Boundaries of the Municipal Borough of Salford and otherwise improving the said Borough, and for other Purposes.
  xxxiii. An Act to empower the Midland Railway Company to create new Shares or to grant Annuities for the Extinguishment of their Debenture Debt; and for other Purposes.
  xxxiv. An Act to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to convert their Mortgage and Bond Debt into Debenture Stock.
  xxxv. An Act for making a Road or Street from the South End of Waverley Bridge Road, adjoining the General Railway Station at Princes Street, to the High Street, in the City of Edinburgh.
  xxxvi. An Act for the Maintenance and Regulation of the Harbour of Teignmouth and the Navigation of the River Teign, and for other Purposes.
  xxxvii. An Act for making a Canal from the Francis Dock, connected with the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal at Runcorn in the County of Chester, to join the Weston Canal or River Weaver Navigation at or near Weston Point in the same Parish, and to be called the Runcorn and Weston Canal.
  xxxviii. An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of "The City of Norwich Waterworks Act, 1850," and to grant further Powers to the Company thereby incorporated.
  xxxix. An Act for establishing a Corn Exchange and Regulating the Markets in the Borough of Reading, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Reading Corporation Markets Act, 1853."
  xl. An Act to increase the Capital and extend the Powers of Price's Patent Candle Company, and to consolidate the Acts relating to the Company.
  xli. An Act for making a Railway from Chichester to Bognor.
  xlii. An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham in the County Palatine of Lancaster to purchase and maintain Gasworks and Waterworks; and for other Purposes.
  xliii. An Act for enabling the Shipley Gaslight Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for extending the Limits of their existing Act to the adjoining Township of Baildon.
  xliv. An Act to extend the Limits of the Blackburn Gaslight Company's Act for the Supply of Gas, and to authorize the raising of a further Sum of Money, and for other Purposes.
  xlv. An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the Leeds Gaslight Company, to authorize the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other Purposes.
  xlvi. An Act for incorporating the Madras Railway Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith.
  xlvii. An Act for making certain Improvements in the River Severn, and for amending the Acts relating thereto.
  xlviii. An Act for better supplying with Water the Borough of Preston in the County of Lancaster, and for authorizing the Local Board of Health for the Borough of Preston aforesaid to purchase the Preston Waterworks.
  xlix. An Act to enable the Edinburgh Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes.
  l. An Act to enable the Dundee Water Company to construct additional Works for obtaining a further Supply of Water; and for other Purposes.
  li. An Act to authorize the Wakefield Borough Market Company to raise a further Sum of Money.
  lii. An Act to authorize the Creation of Preference Stock by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company in lieu of Debentures, and the Reduction, Division, and Consolidation into Stock of the Manchester and Lincoln Union Shares of the said Railway.
  liii. An Act to repeal the Act for maintaining the Turnpike Road leading out of the Alston Turnpike Road at Branch End in the County of Northumberland, through Catton, Allendale Town, and Allenheads, to Cows Hill in the County of Durham, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  liv. An Act for making a Railway from Lough Swilly in the County of Donegal to the River Foyle near the City of Londonderry.
  lv. An Act to renew the Term and continue the Powers of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads leading from Ficks Hill near the Town of Langport Eastover in the County of Somerset, through High Ham, Ashcott, and other Places, to Meare in the said County.
  lvi. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of York to purchase the Undertaking of the Foss Navigation Company, and to execute Works for the sanitary Improvement of the said City; to alter the Tolls taken in the Cattle Markets and Fairs of the City; and for other Purposes.
  lvii. An Act to extend and amend the Powers and Provisions of the "Portadown and Dungannon Railway Act, 1847."
  lviii. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for granting certain Powers and Authorities to the Australian Agricultural Company, and to alter the Capital of the said Company.
  lix. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town or Village of Bacup and the Neighbourhood thereof in Lancashire.
  lx. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway Company, to autho-

  rize an Increase of Capital, and for other Purposes.
  lxi. An Act to consolidate and amend Three several Acts passed in the Reign of King George the Third, for draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying in the South Level, Part of the Great Level of the Fens commonly called Bedford Level, and in the County of Cambridge, between the River Cam other, wise Grant, West, and the Hard Lands of Bottisham, Swaffham-Bulbeck, and Swaffham Prior, East; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
  lxii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Gravesend to Wrotham, and from thence to Borough Green, all in the County of Kent.
  lxiii. An Act for making a Railway from Dartford in the County of Kent to Farningham in the same County, to be called the Darenth Valley Railway; and for other Purposes.
  lxiv. An Act for constructing a Market for the Sale of Cattle and other Animals in the Borough of Ludlow in the County of Salop.
  lxv. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Drainage and Embankment of certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle in the Counties of Donegal and Londonderry.
  lxvi. An Act for supplying with Water the Town of Weston-super-Mare in the County of Somerset.
  lxvii. An Act for supplying the Borough of Wigan in the County Palatine of Lancaster with Water, for the better Regulation of the Police therein, and for other Purposes.
  lxviii. An Act to enable the Belfast and Ballymena Railway Company to make a Railway from Randalstown to Cookstown; and for other Purposes.
  lxix. An Act for enabling the North and South Western Junction Railway Company to construct a Branch to near Hammersmith, and to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes.
  lxx. An Act to authorize the Abandonment of a Portion of the Undertaking of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company, and to reduce the Capital of the said Company, and to enable the Company to sell Lands not required; and for other Purposes.
  lxxi. An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from Warminster and from Frome to the Bath Road, and other Roads connected therewith, in the Counties of Wilts and Somerset, called or known by the Name of "The Black Dog Road Trust."
  lxxii. An Act for enlarging and improving the Shire Hall of the County of Stafford; removing the Markets at the Back of the Hall, and providing other Market Accommodation in lien thereof; erecting Rooms and Offices for the Town Council of Stafford; and for other Purposes.
  lxxiii. An Act to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland so far as relates to the Borough of Limerick.
  lxxiv. An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of the Act relating to the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Roads, and to create a further Term therein, and for other Purposes.
  lxxv. An Act for repairing, maintaining, and rendering more sate certain Reservoirs On the Adel Beck in the West Riding of the County of York.
  lxxvi. An Act to amend "The Sunderland Dock Act, 1846," and "The Sunderland Dock Amendment Act, 1849," and for other Purposes.
  lxxiii. An Act for the Establishment or Improvement and Regulation of Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Leominster, and for other Purposes relating to the said Borough.
  lxxviii. An Act for making a Railway from the Hawick Branch of the North British Railway, near to the Eskbank Station, to the Royal Burgh of Peebles.
  lxxix. An Act to authorize an Extension of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway.
  lxxx. An Act for making a Railway from Ballymena to Portrush.
  lxxxi. An Act to confirm certain Preference Shares created by the North British Railway Company, and to make better Provision for the Payment of the Debts of the said Company, and for other Purposes.
  lxxxii. An Act to enable the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company to make Branch Railways to Blairgowrie and Kirriemuir; and to amend the Acts relating to such Company; and for other Purposes.
  lxxxiii. An Act for the better Improvement and Regulation of the Borough of South Shields in the County of Durham, the Establishment of a Cemetery therein, and for other Purposes.
  lxxxiv. An Act to unite into One Company the Bristol Gaslight Company and the Bristol and Clifton Gaslight Company, and to enable the united Companies to raise further Capital.
  lxxxv. An Act for making a Railway from Staines to Wokingham and Woking.
  lxxxvi. An Act for making a Railway from Wimbledon to Croydon in the County of Surrey, to be called "The Wimbledon and Croydon Railway," and for other Purposes.
  lxxxvii. An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct a Railway from the Line of the Northern and Eastern Railway near Stratford to Woodford and Loughton: and to repeal certain Provisions of their existing Acts; and to grant further Powers to the said Company for capitalising their Debt; and for other Purposes.
  lxxxviii. An Act for making a Railway from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway to or near to the Town of East Grinstead in the County of Sussex.
  lxxxix. An Act for better supplying with Water the Towns and Villages of Haslingen, Rawtenstall, and Newchurch, and the Townships of Haslingden, Higher Booths, Lower Booths, Newchurch, and Hapton, in the Parish of Whalley. the Townships of Cowpe Lenche, New Hall Hey, and Hall Carr, and Tottington Higher End, in the Parish of Bury, and the Extra-parochial Places of Hen Heads and Dunnockshaw, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
  xc. An Act to enable the Monkland Railways Company to make certain Railways in the Vicinity of Bathgate and Airdrie; and for other Purposes.
  xci. An Act to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Manchester to make certain new Streets; and to amend the Acts relating to the said City: and for other purposes.
  xcii. An Act to repeal an Act of the Seventh

  Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Wimpole, to Wrestlingworth and Potion, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  xciii. An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Railway from Kingston-upon-Hull to or near to Withernsea in Holderness, with a Branch therefrom; and for other Purposes.
  xciv. An Act to enable the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway Company to snake a Branch Railway to near Mayfield in the County of Ayr.
  xcv. An Act for extending the Time granted by "The Rochester Bridge Act, 1846," for the Completion of such Bridge.
  xcvi. An Act to enable the Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway Company to lease their Undertaking; and for other Purposes.
  xcvii. An Act to enable the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes.
  xcviii. An Act to amend the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company's Acts, to authorize the Extension of their Works to supply the Royal Burgh of Renfrew and Suburbs and other Places with Water, and for other Purposes.
  xcix. An Act for making a Railway from Havant in the County of Southampton to Godalming in the County of Surrey, to be called "The Portsmouth Railway;" and for other Purposes.
  c. An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to enlarge their Station at London Bridge, and their Goods Station at Brighton, and to make a Branch Railway to the Crystal Palace; and for converting the Debenture Debt of the London Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company into Stock or Shares; and for other Purposes.
  ci. An Act to enable the Aberdeen Railway Company to raise further Monies; to authorize the Abandonment of the authorized Road to the Quays through the Station at Aberdeen, and the Formation of another Road in lieu thereof; to extend the time for the compulsory Purchase of Lands and for the Completion of the Aberdeen Station; to alter, amend, and extend the Acts relating to the Company; and for other Purposes.
  cii. An Act to repeal an Act for making and maintaining a Road from the Top of Hunt's Bank in the Town of Manchester in the County of Lancaster to join the Manchester and Bury Turnpike Road in Pilkington in the same County, and to substitute other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  ciii. An Act for amending the Provisions with respect to the Commissioners of the Second District for Drainage by the River Witham contained in the Witham Drainage Act of the Second Year of George the Third, Chapter Thirty-two, and for other purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Witham Drainage Second District Act, 1853."
  civ. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road front Burford in the County of Oxford to Leachlade in the County of Gloucester, the Road from thence through Highworth to the Cricklade and Swindon Turnpike Road in the County of Wilts, and the Bridge on the said Roads across the River Isis or Thames at or near the Town of Leachlade aforesaid; and for granting a further Term in the said Roads and Bridge; and for other Purposes.
  cv. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Shipley to Bramley, together with certain Branches therefrom, in the West Riding of the County of York.
  cvi. An Act to authorize the London Dock Company to make a new Entrance to their Docks from the River Thames and other Works, and to augment their Capital Stack; and for other Purposes connected with the said Docks.
  cvii. An Act for the Maintenance of the existing Works of the Company of Proprietors of the Barnsley Waterworks, and for the Purchase of Lands by them, to repeal their Act, and make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  cviii. An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company to make a Line of Railway from near Leicester to the Great Northern Railway near Hitchin, with a Branch, in lieu of the Line of Railway and Branches authorized by "The Midland Railways Extension to Hitchin, Northampton, and Huntingdon Railway Act, 1847," and "The Midland Railways extension to Hitchin, Northampton, and Huntingdon Railway (Wellingborough Deviations) Act, 1848."
  cix. An Act to authorize the Re-issue of certain of the Shares in the Capital of the York and North Midland Railway Company, called Hull and Selby Purchase, &c. Shares, and for other Purposes.
  cx. An Act to enable the London and Northwestern Railway Company to acquire and hold certain Lands and Buildings at or near the Terminus of the Haydon Square Branch of the London and Blackwall Railway; and for other Purposes.
  cxi. An Act to enable the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Company to construct certain Branch Railways in the West Riding of the County of York; and for other Purposes.
  cxii. An Act to repeal the Act for repairing the Alston Turnpike Roads, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  cxiii. An Act for making a Railway from the Great Southern and Western Railway near Roscrea to Parsonstown, to be called "The Roscrea and Parsonstown Junction Railway," and for other Purposes.
  cxiv. An Act to authorize the Abandonment of a Portion of the Undertaking of the Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway Company, and the Construction of a new Line of Railway in lieu of a Portion of the Line to be abandoned; and to revive in respect of a Portion of the said Undertaking the Powers of the said Company for the compulsory Purchase of Lands, and to extend in respect of the same Portion of the said Undertaking the Powers of the said Company for constructing Works; and to amend and repeal Portions of the Act relating to the said Company; and for other Purposes.
  cxv. An Act for the better Maintenance and Repair of the Highways in Wilmore Fen and the East and West Fens in the County of Lincoln, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Wilsmore Fen and East and West Fens Highways Act, 1853,"
  cxvi. An Act for reviving the Powers of the

  South-eastern Railway Company for taking Lands and Buildings for the Purpose of enlarging their London Bridge Station on the North Side thereof, and for extending for a further Period such Powers, and for other Purposes.
  cxvii. An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct Branch Railways from the North Woolwich Line of the Eastern, Counties Railway to Ham Creek and the River Thames; and for other Purposes.
  cxviii. An Act for more effectually improving the Town of Burton-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford.
  cxix. An Act to authorize the Abandonment of the Carlisle Canal, and the making of a Railway in lieu thereof, from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway at Carlisle to Port Carlisle; to repeal the Acts relating to the Carlisle Canal and Docks, and to re-incorporate the Company; to authorize the raising of a further Sum of Money; and to confer additional Powers; and for other Purposes.
  cxx. An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of "The Governor and Company of Copper Miners Act, 1851," and to confer further Powers on the said Company.
  cxxi. An Act to enable the South-eastern Railway Company to extend the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway to the Great Western Railway at Reading; and for other Purposes.
  cxxii. An Act to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company to extend their Railway to Stockport.
  cxxiii. An Act for incorporating and regulating the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland, and for better enabling the Company to establish and work Telegraphs in Scotland and Ireland and between those Countries; and for other Purposes.
  cxxiv. An Act for making a Railway from Spalding to Sutton Bridge and Wisbeach.
  cxxv. An Act for making a Railway commencing by a Junction with the Scottish Central Railway at Stirling, and terminating by a Junction with the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway at Alexandria, to be called "The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway."
  cxxvi. An Act for making Turnpike Roads from Upton Saint Leonard's to Brimpsfield and Birdlip in the County of Gloucester.
  cxxvii. An Act for enabling the Local Board of Health for the District of Dewsbury to construct Waterworks, and for other Purposes.
  cxxviii. An Act to authorize the opening of a Diversion of the Wakefield and Sheffield Turnpike Road, and for other Purposes.
  cxxix. An Act for the Improvement of the Harbour of Saint Ives in the County of Cornwall.
  cxxx. An Act to enable the South-eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from Strood to Maidstone; and for other Purposes.
  cxxxi. An Act to authorize the Construction of additional Docks and other Works in connexion with the Victoria (London) Docks, and to consolidate and amend the Provisions of the Act relating to such Docks.
  cxxxii. An Act for making a Railway from Strood to Canterbury, with Branches to Faversham Quays and Chilham.
  cxxxiii. An Act for supplying with Water the
  Inhabitants of Walsall, Dudley, and other Places in the Southern Parts of the County of Stafford, and in certain Parts of the County of Worcester adjacent thereto.
  cxxxiv. An Act to enable the St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company to extend their Railway to Rainford, and to enlarge their Stations at Sutton; and for other Purposes relating to the Company.
  cxxxv. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving several Roads leading to and front the Town of Salford through Pendleton and other Places in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
  cxxxvi. An Act for enabling the Leeds Northern Railway Company to create new Shares and raise Money on Loan for discharging certain Liabilities; and for other Purposes.
  cxxvii. An Act for making a Railway from Bedale, to Leyburn in the North Riding of the County of York, to be called "The Bedale and Leyburn Railway," and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Bedale and Leyburn Railway Act, 1853."
  cxxxviii. An Act for the Adjustment of the Debts of the Commissioners of the Holme Reservoirs, and of the Interest due thereon, and for enabling them to restore and repair their Reservoirs; and for other Purposes.
  cxxxix. An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, supplying with Water, cleansing, regulating, and otherwise improving the Town and Parish of Spalding in the County of Lincoln; for making a Cemetery; for erecting a Corn Exchange and Market House therein; and for other Purposes.
  cxl. An Act for making a Railway from the North Devon Railway at Fremington Pill to Bideford, to be called "The Bideford Extension Railway."
  cxli. An Act for the better paving, repairing, lighting, cleansing, watering, regulating, and improving such Parts of the Parish of Saint Mary Whitechapel in the County of Middlesex as are not within the Liberties of Her Majesty's Tower of London and the City of London; and for paving, repairing, watering, and regulating certain Parts of other Parishes and Places adjoining; and for removing and preventing Nuisances, Annoyances, and Obstructions therein; and for raising Money for the Relief, Maintenance, and Employment of the Poor within the said Parish; and for raising Money for repairing the Church of the said Parish.
  cxlii. An Act to enable the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to divert the Glanmire Road Lower in the Parish of Saint Anne's Shandon in the County of the City or Borough of Cork, and to make a small Portion of Railway in that Parish; and for other Purposes.
  clxiii. An Act for making a Railway from Llanidloes in the County of Montgomery to Newtown in the same County, to be called the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway; and for other Purposes.
  cxliv. An Act to enable the Waveney Valley Railway Company to extend their Railway from Bungay to Beccles.
  cxlv. An Act for altering and extending the Line of the Barnsley Branch of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company; for extending the Time for the Completion of certain Works at Sheffield; for amending he

  Acts relating to the said Company; and for other Purposes.
  cxlvi. An Act for amending the Acts relating to the "Llynnvi Valley Railway Company," and for authorizing the Company to make Diversions in and improve their Line of Railway and construct a new Branch, and for better regulating the Harbour of Porth Cawl and the Rates leviable thereat; and for other Purposes.
  cxlvii. An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Nantwich and Woore Turnpike Road, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof.
  cxlviii. An Act to authorize the Extension of the Railway already partly executed between Smithstown and Dalmellington in the County of Ayr to Dalmellington, and to the Glasgow and South-western Railway near Ayr.
  cxlix. An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to extend the Glasgow, Barr-head, and Neilston Direct Railway to Croft-head; and for other Purposes.
  cl. An Act for confirming a certain Agreement entered into between the Furness Railway Company and John Abel Smith Esquire, and for enabling the Furness Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for authorizing the Conversion of the borrowed and Preferential Share Capital of the Furness Railway Company into a Stock not exceeding Four Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum, and for amending the Acts relating to the said Company and Pile Pier.
  cli. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to connect their Line at Glasgow by Branches with the Caledonian Railway, and to extend their Station at Cowlairs.
  clii. An Act to sanction certain Arrangements beeween the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, and certain Classes of the Creditors thereof.
  cliii. An Act for enabling the Great Western Railway Company to construct additional Lines and Works, or for conferring further Powers on them in reference to the Henley and Uxbridge Lines, and other Parts of their Undertaking at Acton Chippenham, and Reading; and for other Purposes.
  cliv. An Act for incorporating the Lands Improvement Company, and to afford Facilities for the Improvement of Lands by enabling the Company to issue transferable Mortgage Debentures.
  cle. An Act for making a Railway from the town of Saint Ives to the West Cornwall Railway at or near Saint Erth, with a Branch therefrom, and for making Arrangements with the West Cornwall Railway Company.
  clvi. An Act tin' dissolving the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Company, and for vesting in the South-eastern Railway Company the Undertaking of the South-eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The South-eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whitstable and Steam Packets) Act, 1853."
  clvii. An Act for conferring additional Powers on the London and North-western Railway Company with reference to the Construction of their Oldham Branch, and for making an Alteration in such Branch; and for other Purposes.
  clviii. An Act for the Purchase of the Bridge
  and Ferry over the River of Ross at the Town of New Ross, and for maintaining the same free of Toll, and for other Purposes.
  clix. An Act for repealing and amending an Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, called "The British Electric Telegraph Company's Act, 1850."
  clx. An Act to enable the London and North-Western Railway Company to construct a Railway from Northampton to Market Harborough with a Branch therefrom, all in the County of Northampton; and for other Purposes.
  clxi. An Act to enable the London and Northwestern Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway to Saint Albans, and for other Purposes.
  clxii. An Act to repeal the Acts for repairing the Roads from West Harptry to the Bath and Wells Turnpike Road at Marksbury, and other Rods therein mentioned, in the County of Somerset, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
  clxiii. An Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to extend their Railway to Rainford, to enter into Arrangements with the St, Helen's Canal and Railway Company, and to convert their Mortgage Debt into Annuities.
  clxiv. An Act for amending the Acts passed for the Construction of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The London and South-western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury) Act, 1853."
  clxv. An Act for authorizing Arrangements for the Completion of the Birkenhead Docks.
  clxvi. An Act for enabling the East London Waterworks Company to improve their Supply of Water; and for other Purposes.
  clxvii. An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of Halifax, and for other Purposes; and of which the Short Title is "The Halifax Improvement Act, 1853."
  clxviii. An Act for making a Railway from Limerick to Foynes.
  clix. An Act for enabling the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to make new Railways and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Llanelly Railway and Dock Act, 1853."
  clxx. An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Ribble Navigation Company, of the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Eighth, and of the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter One, and some of the Provisions of the Act of the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, which relate to the Company, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof respectively; and to grant further Powers to the Company for the Construction of Works, for providing Quays, for raising Capital, for levying Tolls, the reguloting the Disposition of the reclaimed Lands, and for other Purposes.
  clxxi. An Act to enable the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company to make Branch Railways; and for other Purposes.
  clxxii. An Act to enable the Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to construct Branches in the County of Northumberland; and for other Purposes.
  clxxiii. An Act for constructing and maintain-

  ing Docks and other Works at or near to Milford Haven, and for other Purposes.
  clxxiv. An Act for making, a Railway from Enniskillen to Sligo, with a Branch therefrom.
  clxxv. An Act for providing additional Station Accommodation at Birmingham in connexion with the Birmingham and Oxford function Railway; and for enabling the Great Western Railway Company to use a Portion of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway; and for making better Provision with reference to the joint Station at Wolverhampton; and for other Purposes.
  clxxvi. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of "The Westminster Improvement Act, 1845," "The Westminster Improvement Act, 1847," and "The Westminster Improvement Act, 1850;" to extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of Lands; to authorize further Improvements in the City of Westminster; and for other Purposes.
  clxxvii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Birkenhead Dock Company, and to enable the Company to make a Railway for their Works, and for other Purposes, and of which the Snort Title is "The Birkenhead Dock Company's Act, 1853."
  clxxviii. An Act to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company to make Deviations on their extension to the Taff Vale Railway, and, to make certain short Branches.
  clxxix. An Act to authorize the Deviations at Hereford and near Pontypool of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to that Railway.
  clxxx. An Act for making a Railway to the Crystal Palace, with branches to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and to the London and South-western Railway.
  clxxxi. An Act for the Improvement of the Parish of Chorley in the County of Lancaster.
  clxxxii. An Act for the more effectual Improvement of the Borough of Newcastle-upon. Tyne.
  clxxxiii. An Act to enable the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company to extend their Railway to the Landing Quay at Newry, to effect a Junction with the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and for other Purposes.
  clxxxv. An Act for making a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with certain Branches therefrom, and for other Purposes.
  clxxxv. An Act for improving and maintaining the Port and Harbour of Westport in the County of Mayo.
  clxxxvi. An Act for making a Railway from the North-western District of the Metropolis to Battle Bridge in the County of Middlesex.
  clxxxvii. An Act to enable the West Cornwall Railway Company to make certain new Railways, and for other Purposes.
  clxxxviii. An Act for making a Railway from the Scottish Central Railway near Loaning-head to the Town of Grief.
  clxxxix. An Act for making a Railway from Tralee to Killarney.
  cxc. An Act for consolidating and amending the Powers of the Acts of "The Imperial Continental Gas Association."
  cxci. An Act for reclaiming, inclosing, and appropriating certain Parts of the Harbour or
  Estuary of Castlemaine and the Creeks of Caragh and Rossbehy in the County of Kerry.
  cxcii. An Act to revive and amend the Powers of the Acts relating to the Chard Railway Company, to regulate the Capital of the Company, and to enable them to extend their authorized Railway into Taunton.
  cxciii. An Act for constructing a Railway and Landing Places within the Borough of King's Lynn, for regulating the Share Capital of the East Anglian Railways Company, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The East Anglian Railways Act, 1853."
  cxciv. An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of Limerick.
  cxcv. An Act for enabling the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company to make new Railways; and for other Purposes.
  cxcvi. An Act to enable the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company to improve their Railway and Harbour; and for other Purposes relating to the Company.
  cxcvii. An Act for making a Railway from Rthe South Wales ailway at Brintonferry to Glyncorrwg in Glamorganshire, to be called "The South Wales Mineral Railway."
  cxcviii. An Act to consolidate and amend "The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Act, 1847," and "The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Extension Act, 1849," and to extend the Provisions and enlarge the Powers thereof.
  cxcix. An Act for making a Railway from Stamford Baron in the County of Northampton to the Great Northern Railway at Essendine in the County of Rutland, and for other Purposes connected therewith.
  cc. An Act for better paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, watching, supplying with Water, regulating in regard to Markets and other Purposes, and for making new Streets and otherwise improving the Town of Galway.
  cci. An Act for regulating the depasturing and Management of certain Pastures in the Parish of Richmond in the County of York.
  ccii. An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the Cork and Bandon Railway Company, to authorize the Company to construct Extension and Branch Railways, and for other Purposes.
  cciii. An Act for granting further Powers to "The Electric Telegraph Company," and to enable such Company to make Arrangements for the working of Telegraphs adjoining their Works.
  cciv. An Act for authorizing the South Wales Railway Company to deviate the Line of their Railway in the Forest of Dean, and for other Purposes.
  ccv. An Act to enable the London and Northwestern Railway Company to make a Railway to connect the Buckinghamshire Railway with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.
  ccvi. An Act for reclaiming from the Sea certain Lands near Harwich, for constructing Docks and a Pier on such Lands, and for other Purposes.
  ccvii. An Act for making a Pier and Breakwater in the Bay of Galway, and for conferring additional Powers on the Galway Harbourr Commissioners, and for other Purposes.
  ccviii. An Act for making a Railway from Ban-

  bridge to join the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway at Scarvagh.
  ccix. An Act for granting further Powers in reference to the leasing and selling the Undertaking of the South Wales Railway Company to the Greate Wstern Railway Company, and authorizing working Arrangements between the said Companies, and for other Purposes.
  ccx. An Act to enable the South Wales Railway Company to extend the Pembroke Line of their Railway to Pennar Mouth, and to make a Deviation in their said Pembroke Line; and for other Purposes.
  ccxi. An Act to reduce and regulate the Tolls payable in respect of Traffic passing between Liverpool and certain Places on the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway, and also the Payments or Tolls payable to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Companies in respect of Traffic to and from the last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes.
  ccxii. An Act to extend the Periods limited for completing and for purchasing Lands for the Stratford-upon-Avon and Kingswinford Branches of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to extend such respective Branches, to construct a Branch Railway to Stourbridge, and to authorize the raising of certain Sums of Money by Preferential Shares, and for other Purposes.
  ccxiii. An Act for the Construction and Maintenance of a Harbour at Llandudno in the County of Carnarvon.
  ccxiv. An Act for making a Railway from Wellington to Coalbrookdale, and an Extension to the River Severn, all in the County of Salop; and for other Purposes.
  ccxv. An Act for the Incorporation of the Westminster Association for improving the Dwellings of the Working Classes.
  ccxvi. An Act for enabling the London and North-western Railway Company to construct a Railway from Crewe to Shrewsbury, and other Works in connexion with their Undertaking; and for other Purposes relating thereto.
  ccxvii. An Act for making a Railway from the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway
  in the Parish of Llanvihangel Pontymoyle in the County of Monmouth to Coleford in the County of Gloucester, with a Branch to the Monmouth Gasworks; and for other Purposes.
  ccxviii. An Act to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company to make Deviations and Branches at Warrington, and to use certain neighbouring Railways.
  ccxix. An Act to enable the South Sea Company to enter into Arrangements with certain Proprietors of the Company.
  ccxx. An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Rochdale, and for providing a Cemetery there, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "The Rochdale Improvement Act, 1853."
  ccxxi. An Act to enable the Eastern Union Railway Company to redeem their Preference Shares; and for other Purposes.
  ccxxii. An Act for making a Railway from the London and North-western Railway at Willesden to the North London Railway, with a Branch to the North and South Western Junction Railway, to be called "The Hampstead Junction Railway," and for other Purposes.
  ccxxiii. An Act for making a Railway from the Great Northern Railway at Boston in the County of Lincoln to the Great Northern Railway at Barkstone in the same County, and for other Purposes.
  ccxxiv. An Act for incorporating the Life Association of Scotland, for enabling the said Association to sue and to be sued, to take and hold Property, and for other Purposes relating to the said Association.
  ccxxv. An Act for the Appointment and Regulation of Vestries in the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist in the City of Westminster.
  ccxxvi. An Act to amend an Act, intituled An Act for incorporating the East Indian Railway Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith.
  ccxxvii. An Act for making a Railway from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway near Hartlebury in the County of Worcester to the Borough of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop, with a Branch, to be called "The Severn Valley Railway;" and for other Purposes.

  PRIVATE ACTS,

    PRINTED BY THE QUEEN'S PRINTER, AND WHEREOF THE PRINTED COPIES MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE.
    1. AN Act to enable the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College in the University of Cambridge to lease on long Leases and otherwise improve their Estate situate at Clee in the County of Lincoln; and for other Purposes.
    2. An Act to authorize the granting of Building Leases of Lands and Hereditaments subject to the Will of Andrew John Nash Esquire, deceased.
    3. An Act to incorporate the Craft of Tailors of the Burgh of Aberdeen, to confirm the Titles and Conveyances and to amend and regulate
    the Estates and Affairs of the said Craft, and for other Purposes relating to the Society.
    4. An Act for extending the Powers of the Trustees of the Settlements on the Marriage of Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton Esquire, commonly called Lord Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton, and Elizabeth Pelham Clinton his Wife, commonly called Lady Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton, and of the Trustees of the Contract of Marriage of the Father and Mother of the said Lady Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton, so as to authorize the Investment of the produce of certain Stocks and Shares,

    Part of the Trust Funds subject to the Trusts of the same Settlements and Contract of Marriage respectively, in the Purchase of Estates in England, Wales Scotland, or Ireland, and to authorize the Investment of the same Trust Funds, or the Produce thereof, on the Security of Estates in England, Wales, Scotland, or Ireland.
    5. An Act for enlarging the Powers of the Trustees of the Settlement made on the Marriage of the Baroness de Graffenried Villars, and for other Purposes.
    6. An Act to authorize the granting for Building Purposes of Demises for long Terms of Years of the Trust Estate of the late William Penketh Cotham Esquire, and to authorize the granting of Mining Leases, and for other Purposes.
    7. An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Thomas Brown Esquire, deceased, to invest the Funds subject to the Trusts of the Will of the said Thomas Brown in the Purchase of Real Estates in Ireland.
    8. An Act for enabling Sales, Exchanges, and Leases of the Family Estates of Robert Westley Hall Dare Esquire, and for other Purposes.
    9. An Act to authorize the granting of Building Leases of Parts of the Estates devised by the Will of Sir Robert Holt Leigh Baronet, deceased, and to extend the Power in- the same Will contained to grant Mining Leases, and to authorize the Sale of a Share in the Wigan Waterworks, Part of the Estate of the said Sir Robert Holt Leigh.
    10. An Act for confirming an Exchange between the Right Honourable Henry Stephen Earl of Hchester and the Right Honourable George O'Brien Earl of Egremont, now deceased, and for effecting an Exchange of Lands by the last Will of the Right Honourable George Earl of Egremont, now deceased, directed to be sold, for Lands by that Will directed to be settled.
    11. An Act for vesting certain Estates belonging to the Sec of Canterbury, now vested in Trustees for Sale, in the Archbishop of Canterbury, with Provisions for the Sale thereof, with the Approval of the Church Estates Commissioners; and fur other Purposes.
    12. An Act for enabling James Thomas Martin Esquire, and the Persons in remainder under the Will of Mary Jackson deceased, to grant Leases of Parts of the Estates thereby devised in Settlement., for the Purpose of building upon and otherwise improving the same; and for other Purposes.
    13. An Act for incorporating the Trustees of the Bingley Free Grammar and General Education Schools and other Charities at Bingley in the County of York; for authorizing the Sale, Exchange, or Mortgage by the Trustees, when incorporated, of the several Estates belonging to the said Schools and Charities respectively situate in the Parishes of Bingley and Bradford, both in the said County of York; and for other Purposes relating to the said Schools and Charities.
    14. An Act to amend an Act of Parliament made and passed in the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to enable the Governors of the Free Grammar School of Clitheroe in the County of Lancaster to sell and grant Building Leases
    of the School Estates, and to enlarge the Powers of the Governors; and to authorize the Court of Chancery to apply Parts of the Proceeds of the Sales effected under such Act towards Discharge of certain Debts of the said School, and to vary the Investment of such Proceeds, and apply the Income thereof towards the Maintenance of the School; and to enlarge the Powers of granting Building Leases created by the said Act; and for other Purposes.
    16. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the late John Fourth Duke of Atholl to denude themselves of the Trusts created by his Trust Deed, and to convey the Trust Estates to his Grace George Augustus Frederick John Duke of Atholl, and the Series of Heirs specified in the said Trust Deed, and under the Provisions therein contained, and to enable the said Duke, or the Heir in possession for the Time, to sell Parts of the said Estate, and other Estates, for Payment of the Debts of the said John Fourth Duke of Atholl.
    16. An Act to enable certain Persons to grant Leases for Mining Purposes of the Estates at Oakthorpe in the Counties of Leicester and Derby, or one of them, devised by the Will of the Reverend John Piddocke Clerk, deceased.
    11. An Act to enable the Master or Keeper, Fellows, and Scholars of Jesus College in the University of Cambridge to alter and vary the Mode of dealing with the Benefaction of Doctor Edmund Proby and Sir Thomas Proby, and to appropriate the same for the Benefit of the said College in erecting and providing Parsonage Houses for Livings belonging to the said College, and in augmenting such Livings; and for other Purposes, including the Repeal of existing Legislative Enactments relating to the said Benefaction.
    18. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of William Ward Jackson deceased to grant Mining, Building, and Improving Leases of and to open and work Mines in the Estates thereby devised upon Trusts by way of Settlement, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "Ward Jackson's Estate Act, 1853."
    10. An Act for enabling Leases, Sales, and Exchanges to be made of the Estates of the late Philip Duncombe Pauncefort Duncombe Esquire deceased, and for other Purposes.
    20. An Act authorizing and cabling the Trustees under the Will of the late Warden Sergison Esquire to raise Money by Mortgage of Part of the Estates settled by his Will, for the Purchase of adjoining Property, and for obtaining Enfranchisement of Copyhold Lands comprised in the Will, and for enabling the Trustees to obtain and grant Enfranchisement of Copy-hold Lands, and to grant Building Leases of Parts of the settled Lands, and for other Purposes.
    21. An Act to enable the Bishop of Durham and the Freemen and Stallingers of the Borough of Sunderland to give up their respective Interests in certain Lands and Monies, for the Purpose of endowing an Orphan Asylum at Sunderland, and of making better Provision for the Spiritual Wants of the Parish of Sunderland; and to enable such Asylum to acquire and bold additional Land; and to enlarge the Powers and to provide for the better Regulation and Management of the said Asylum; and for other Purposes.
    22. An Act to authorize the Executors in Trust of the Residuary Personal Estate bequeathed by the Will of the Most Honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, deceased, to postpone the Sale of certain Parts of such Residuary Estate, and to indemnify such Executors in respect of such Postponement and for other Purposes.
    23. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Estate of Henry Smith Esquire deceased, to apply certain Funds held upon Trusts for the Relief of his poor Kindred in the Purchase of a Plot of Ground and Buildings called Strong's Place in the Parish of Kensington in the County of Middlesex.
    24. An Act for authorizing the granting of Building Leases of Lands held under the Will of John Pidgley otherwise John Moor Pidgley, situate at Dawlish in the County of Devon.
    25. An Act for better enabling the Trusts of the Will of Joseph Thomas Treffry deceased to be executed, under the Authority of the High Court of Chancery, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "Treffry's Estate Act, 1353."
    26. An Act to settle Estates in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon devised by the Will of the late Right Honourable Richard Hussey Baron Vivian deceased, dated the Twenty-fourth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and thereby directed to be settled, and to enable the Trustees of such settled Estates to carry into effect an Agreement to grant a Building Lease of Part of such devised Estates to the West Cornwall Rahway Company; and for other Purposes.

  PRIVATE ACTS,

    NOT PRINTED.
    27. An Act for enabling the Trustees of certain Estates in Carmarthenshire devised by the Will of Francis Charles James Pemberton Esquire, deceased, to grant Mining and Building Leases of Parts of the said Estates; and for other Purposes.
    28. An Act for raising by Sale or Mortgage of the Real Estates devised by the Will of Sir of William Chaytor Baronet, deceased, Monies for Payment of his Debts and Legacies, in aid of his Personal Estate, and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "Chaytor's Estate Act, 1853."
    29. An Act to extend the Powers of the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke of Cleveland, and to enable such Trustees to raise certain Monies on certain of the Trust Estates in the County of Durham by the said Will devised.
    30. An Act to enable William Yates Rooker Clerk to exercise his Office of a Priest, and to hold any Benefice or Preferment, in the United Church of England and Ireland.
    31. An Act for the Restitution in Blood of George Drummond Esquire, Duke de Melfort and Comte de Lussan in France, and to relieve the said George Drummond and the Heirs Male of James
    First Earl of Perth from the Effect of the Attainder of James Drummond, commonly called Lord Drummond, eldest Son of James Fourth Earl of Perth, and from the Effect of the Attainder of John Drummond, Second Son of the said James Drummond, and from the Effect of a Decreet of Forfaulture pronounced by the Parliament of Scotland against John Earl of Melfort.
    32. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Alfred Richard Cutbill with Elizabeth his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
    33. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of George Fisher Esquire with Mary Matilda Fisher his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
    34. An Act to enable Charles Crowe Clerk to exercise his Office of a Priest, and to hold any Benefice or Preferment, in the United Church of England and Ireland.
    35. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Frederick Brownlow Rushbrooke with Albinia Maria his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

Preamble
MINUTES.—PUBLIC BILLS. ROYAL ASSENT.)—Consolidated Fund (Appropriation); Evidence Amendment; Passengers Act Amendment; Registrar of the Privy Council; Liberated Africans (Sierra Leone); Government of India; Vaccination Extension; Transportation;
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Burgh Harbours (Scotland); Thames Embankment; Duties on Horses let for Hire; Assessed Taxes; Insurance on Lives; Sheriffs (Scotland); Entails (Scotland); Chancery Suitors further Relief; Lunatic Asylums; Lunatics Care and Treatment; Public Libraries (Ireland and Scotland); Universities (Scotland); Employment of Children in Factories; Courts of Common Law (Ireland); Dublin Carriage; Belfast Municipal Boundaries; Charitable Trusts; Copies of Specifications Repeal; Land Tax Commissioners Names; Defacing the Coin; Linen, &c., Manufactures (Ireland); Stock in Trade Exemption; Customs Tariff; General Board of Health (No. 3); Militia Ballots Suspension and Militia Law Amendment; Burials (beyond the Metropolis); Pilotage; Merchant Shipping; Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Act Amendment; Public Works Acts Amendment (Ireland); Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis; Hackney Carriage Duties (No. 2); Militia Pay; Land Tax Redemption Act Amendment; South Sea and other Annuities, Provision for Payment, &c.; Apprehension of Offenders Act Amendment; Betting Houses; Common Inclosures (No. 3); Female Convicts; Loan Societies; Marriages, Holy Trinity Church, Hulme, Validity; Friendly Societies; Copyhold, &c. Commission Continuance; Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance; Customs Consolidation; Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Turnpike Acts Continuance, &c.; Eastern Union Railway; East Indian Railway Company; South Sea Company's Arrangement and Trusts.

PROROGATION OF THE PARLIAMENT— SPEECH OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS.
The PARLIAMENT was this day prorogued by Commission.
THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS, namely, the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cranworth, the Lord President of the Council (Earl Granville), the Lord Privy Seal (the Duke of Argyll), the Lord Chamberlain (the Marquess of Breadalbane), and the Secretary of State for the Colonies (the Duke of Newcastle), being seated at the foot of the Throne, and the COMMONS preceded by their Speaker being present, the ROYAL ASSENT was given to several Bills.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, on behalf of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS, then delivered the following Speech:
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"WE are commanded by Her Majesty to release you from your Attendance in Parliament, and at the same Time to express Her Majesty's cordial Approbation of the Zeal and Assiduity with which, during a protracted and laborious Session, you have applied yourselves to the Consideration of

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many Subjects of great Importance to the Public Welfare.
"HER Majesty has seen with much Satisfaction that, by the Remission and Reduction of Taxes which tended to cramp the Operations of Trade and Industry, you have given fresh Extension to a System of beneficent Legislation, and have largely increased the Means of obtaining the Necessaries of Life.
"THE Provision which you have made for meeting the Demands of the Public Service, not only in the present but also in future Years, is of a Nature to give permanent Stability to our Finances, and thereby to aid in consolidating the Strength and Resources of the Empire.
"THE buoyant State of the Revenue and the steady Progress of our Foreign Trade are Proofs of the Wisdom of the Commercial Policy now firmly established; while the Prosperity which pervades the great Trading and producing Classes, happily without even a partial Exception, affords continued and increasing Evidence of the enlarged Comforts of the People.
"THE Measure which you have passed for the future Government of India has been readily sanctioned by Her Majesty, in the Persuasion that it will prove to have been wisely framed, and that it is well calculated to promote the Improvement and Welfare of Her Majesty's Eastern Dominions.
"HER Majesty regards with peculiar Satisfaction the Provision you have made for the better Administration of Charitable Trusts. The Obstacles which existed to the just and beneficial Use of Property set apart for Purposes of Charity and of Edu-
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cation have been a serious public Evil, to which Her Majesty is persuaded that in your Wisdom you have now applied an efficient Remedy.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"WE are commanded by Her Majesty to thank you for the Supplies which you have granted for the Service of the present Year, and for the Provision which you have made for the Defence of the Country both by Sea and Land. Her Majesty will apply them with a due Regard to Economy, and consistently with that Spirit which has at all Times made our National Security the chief Object of Her Care.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"HER Majesty commands us to in-from you, that She continues to receive from Her Allies the Assurance of their unabated Desire to cultivate tho most Friendly Relations with this Country.
"IT is with deep Interest and Concern that Her Majesty has viewed the serious Misunderstanding which has recently arisen between Russia and the Ottoman Porte.
"THE Emperor of the French has united with Her Majesty in earnest Endeavours to reconcile Differences, the Continuance of which might involve Europe in War.
"ACTING in concert with Her Allies, and relying on the Exertions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna, Her Majesty has good Reason to hope that an honourable Arrangement will speedily be accomplished.
"HER Majesty rejoices to be able to announce to you the Termination

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of the War on the Frontiers of the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope; and She trusts that the Establishment of Representative Government in that Colony may lead to the Development of its Resources, and enable it to make efficient Provision for its future Defence.
"WE are also commanded to congratulate you that by the united Exertions of the Naval and Military Forces of Her Majesty and of the East India Company, the War in Burmah has been brought to an honourable and successful Issue; the Objects of the War having been fully attained, due Submission made by the Burmese Government, Peace has been proclaimed.
"HER Majesty contemplates, with grateful Satisfaction and Thankfulnes to Almighty God, the Tranquillity which prevails throughout Her Dominions, together with that peaceful Industry and Obedience to the Laws which ensure the Welfare of all Classes of Her Subjects. It is the first Desire of Her Majesty to promote the Advance of every social Improvement, and, with the Aid of your Wisdom, still further to extend the Prosperity and Happiness of Her People."
Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was read.
After which the LORD CHANCELLOR said—
"MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN,
"By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, under the Great seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in Her Majesty's Name and in obedience to Her Commands prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Twenty-seventh Day of October next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Twenty-seventh Day of October next."